“It is not enough to have a god mind; the main thing is to use it well.” 

René Descartes (1596–1650) was a creative mathematician of the first order, an important scientific thinker, and an original metaphysician.

What is your belief?

Many people will be tempted to answer this question by talking about their religious belief. By the same logic many will reply saying they do not believe in anything. But the truth is – no human being is capable of living without a belief system. If that was ideas and ethics centered on religion in olden days – it was replaced by new ideas and philosophy as human society evolved. Then again some of us might say – I do not believe in any philosophy or big idea to talk of. So do I still have belief? Yes we all do – these are thoughts and ideas that we have formed through our life experience and also observing others. Therefore whatever we believe in – becomes the centre of our attention and spontaneously we begin to function in ways that conforms to such beliefs. Hence it is very important to hold positive view about our abilities and possibilities of life. These are called empowering beliefs. 

What however is to be done – if we have unknowingly nurtured beliefs that make us feel helpless or disempowered? For instance – if I believe I am dull – it is going to be very difficult for me to study and work hard. Because every time I attempt to study – I will feel discouraged thinking - since I am dull it is unlikely that I will understand and do well in this subject. If I live on with this belief for a year – naturally I will fare badly in academics in that year.

Beliefs typically begin with certain event(s) – such as poor performance in a test, an uncharitable comment by a teacher or senior in life, superior performance by close friends or siblings and so on. If unchecked – it leads to an assumption about our innate ability. If allowed to persist – for longer period these assumptions turn into a belief. 

Do not neglect performance deterioration or losing joy of studying and learning. You can turn it around. Should you require help – do contact us – we can surely help.